Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-03-07

              1 us us v inmmw OMR iUUT CHUCKS PUNXSOTAWNEY PA.. TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 7. l»!i. PRICE TWO CENTS J WOROUGH WILL FIGHT WATER COMPANIES' ARBITRARY ACTION YOU V—NO.145 COUNCIL PARTIALLY REORGANIZED A T THE REGULAR SESSION House Votes To Keep Bill off Calendar By 121 To 76. Local Option Bill Defeated President Fairman and Secre* tary Mitchell Reelected—Continue In Office Until Dec. 1. HENRY SUCCEDS OALZELL ON "STEERING" COMMITTEE TELEPHONE BOY MADE $30,000 IN WALL STREET piarles Corbett and Raymond Brown Retained By Council To Represent Citizens. WILL CARRY FICIIT TO THE SENATE OTHER OFFICERS ID BE CHOSEN IN JlPRH stringent Itesnlutimi to Prevent I>riink<'inii"»s Atnoiiu llorougli Employes / At last night's session of council a petition was presented to have the suits stave;! for a time owing to the Inability of the churches to meet the debt. The petition was granted. The borough lirid claims for pavin.; and curbing against four churches. The Central Presbyterian congregation promptly paid up, the Methodist Episcopal balhod and the West End churches appear willing to settle but have not the wrere-wltli-all. The suits brought against the We ;t End Tabernacle Baptist church and the Congregational Church, West End, have been stayed for a time. Acting under instructions from council Borough Solicitor Gillespie entered suit- to recover curb clalnu from the congregations. The majority of the members of council htivc been subpenaed to appear at court tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The borough's attorneys, Messrs. Corbett and Brown, of Brookvllle, anticipate mo trouble In having the decrees of agreement nullified, and It is expected that the argument of the case will be resumed on its old basis at once. The application of the borough to have the agreement, entered into by the borough's attorneys and the representatives of the T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil company concerning the rates to be charged gas consumers In Punxsutawney, stricken out, will be presented to Judge Reed tomorrow afternoon. itiuiM.i: gi i:stio\ r\ssi:i> it OLD EYE-SORE 10 BE REPLACEO 8T MODERN 00ICK BUILDING UK FN INJin JIT OXCE •\Watcr Talk*" Only Increased the J Wraith of the Consumers jpRESH MVZZLE OVT OF ORDER DISEASE A! ISELIN KID RELATIVE TO 1TPH0I9 FEVER "jThe Punxsutawney and Llndaoy Water companies will not enforce the rfalse In rates recently announced if tme council of Punxsutawney and tfiieir attorneys can help It. The case will be fought to the last ditch and if the water rates announced continue lln effect it will be because there is /no legal remedy to prevent It. ' A resolution, offered by John Downey, and seconded by Irwin Simpson, toi employ Charles G'orbett and Raymond Brown, of Brookvllle, as conn- Bel for the borough and to Instruct thfem to prepare and present an injunction restraining the Punxsutawnley and Lindsey Water companies f/rom enforcing the increased rate on le indlvladal consumers and the |>orough of Punxsutawney, wa3 unanimously carried at last night's ses- Henry, of Texas; Pou, of North Carolina; Hard wick, of Georgia; Stanley, of Kentucky; Garrett, of Tennessee; Foster, of Illinois; and Denver, of Ohio. The Republicans will have only four members 011 the Rules Committee yet to be named. WASHINGTON, 1). C., March 7 The steering committee of the new Democratic House not down to business yesterday, and held Its first meeting since the President called the extra session Saturday Meetings will be held daily and the work of selecting the various committees and naming the chairmen will be pushed as vigorously as possible in the face of the tremendous log-rolling now going on for preferment Yesterday the Ftules Committee was completed, with Representative Robert L. Henry, of Texas, recommended for the chairmanship so lonu held by John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. The Ways and Means Committee, or the "steering" committee, as it really is, has no authority to name th« chairman of the rules committee, but its recommendation is considered almost tantamount to a designation. At yesterday's meeting the majority membership of this committee was increased from six to seven. Chair* man ruder wood, of the Ways and Means Committee, announced themi as follows: According to Konan he has a $5000 account with a trust company, and owned 342 shares in different railroad companies. He balked at stating his salary, but finally wrote the amount on a slip of paper and handed It to the referee. Before Collapse. Sold (MM) Hocking Shares During Rise NEW YORK, March 7.—W. J. Ronan, a telephone boy in the office of James R. Keene, made $30,000, in Wall Street speculations, according to his testimony yesterday in the bankruptcy proceedings of Lathrop, Haskins & Company, one of the collapse of the Hocking pool. Creditors of the Arm are endeavoring to show that Mr. Keene was responsible for the failure of the pool and that young Ronan, knowing that the collapse was imminent, turned knowledge to good account. Ronan testified that when the crash came he had already sold 600 shares of Hocking Coal, at figures which prevailed during the upward movement. He had heard of the trouble over night and wanted to "get out," lie said. Mr. Keene knew nothing of his transactions, he testified and he kept the stock in his own safety vault in the Produce Exchange. After the crash he bought back 200 shares of Hocking at 28 he declared. Th local optionlsts will now seek to put the senate on record. Either this week or next when the measure amending: the Brooks high license law so as to provide for a vote on the scubject. of licenses will he introduced into the senate. Eightf-four members of the present house were here two years ago. Then 22 of them voted for local option. <>1 against the bill and one representative, W. A. Magee, of Pittsburg, was absent. Last night, the vote of these 84 members stood as follows: For, 22; against, 58; absent 4. Those voting did not switch. The largest audience of the session was present in the house last night, the galleries and aisles being packed. Many women sat through the discussion, which lasted for over two hours. The liquor interests were also veil represented. Among the prominent men In the business were Jas. Gardiner of Philadelphia, president of the National Brewers' association, and James P. Mulvihill of the Independent Brewing company of Pittsburg.HARRISBURG, Pa.. March 7.— The house, by a vote of 121 to 70, declined to place the negatived local option bill on the calendar. Two years a«o the measure was defeated on second reading by a vote of 1:»7 to tit;. Excavation for foundation will begin at once and Mr. Beck expects to have the structure rushed through to an early completion. An eye-sore that has stood for 21 years on the corner of South Gilpin and Union streets, has been removed. The old carriage shop, the tumbledown affair that has confronted every traveler that entered Punxsutawnev through the South Side for nearly :i quarter of a century, was torn down yesterday and there is soon to rise in its stead a modern bpfrk building. Elias Si Beck, of the property, has#' been /rfmtemplaing the erectioiy of a Modern structure on this corner Ujf several years. The new buVmjjvg will be of solid pressed brick, twenty-five feet frontage and one hundred feet long. It will be occupied by the Punxsutawnev Carriage company. Frame Carriage Shop on South C• ilpin and Vnion Streets is Torn Dou II FOOfi COMMISSIONERS HAVE DROPPED IDE ALUM CASE FRIENDS OF MRS. BARBARA EIIOOD CELEIRJtTE TWO AUSPICIOUS EVERTS MOUNTAIN ASH WELSH CHOIR AT THEATRE TONIGHT One of the victims who died here was yesterday shipped to the State Anatomical Society of Philadelphia, no one having appeared to claim the remains. There are at the present time about twenty-two cases In the town, while several have been removed to the hospitals. Like typhoid, this new near relative, Is not. contagious, only infectious. Every care has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease anil it Is believed that the scourge has reached Its limit. The disease acts like typhoid except that htere is a dysentery connected with It and this base seemingly been the cause of all the deaths to date. The other disease strangely akin to typhoid, has caused the death of four to date, while the others suffering from it are apparently on the road to recovery. as Typholil Health Department lias ClassltliMl it The brand of typhoid which has been rampant in Iselin is not particularly violent and has not as yet claimed any victims. Dr. W. Simpson, of Indiana, representing the health department of that county, has classified the two apparently distinct diseases now epidemic at Iselin, as typhoid. IJIUIIEER'S RESIGN4TI0I IS ACCEPTED Br PRES. W Yeas—Abbot, Ailman, Alter, Geo. Baldwin, Bender, Benson, Blair, Bossert, Boyd, C. M. Campbell, James J. Campbell, Carroll, Currier, Dallas, William H. H. Davis, Dearden, Dersham, Donalt.v, Horace B. Dunn, Feeney, Ferguson, Fitzgerald, Freeman, Gibson. Groy, Henry, Hiltton, Hoffman, Holland, R. P. Hunter, Irwin, Jackson, Edward E. Jones, John Robert Jones, Joseph Kelly, M. C. Kelly, Knight, Lafferty, Light, Mmlsey, Lowe, Martin, .Matt, Maurer, McJunkin, McKean, Meyer, Mills, Moses, Moultlirop, Neer, Reece, Reel, Rockwell Rhoades, Rumsey, Schofleld, Samuel B. Scott, Shaffer, Shannon, Shoemaker, Suavely, Plymouth W. Continued on I'age Two. The Vote in Itetall The vote on the resolution to put the bill on the calendar, notwithstanding the negative recommendation of the law and order committee, was as follows: moors sent from fort M1ER10 MM B0H0LR Ballinger tendered his resignation January IB, but at the President's request, It was withheld until the adjournment of Congress. Yesterday Ballinger wrote a second formal letter of resignation, which was letcepted by President Taft today. WASHINGTON, 1). C., March 7.— The resignation of Secretary of the Interior Dal linger was announced at the White House today. President Taft haB selected Walter L. Fisher, of Chicago, a well known lawyer, to succeed Ballinger. FIHE IT FLORENCE The action of council Is a popular one. Every citizen In the town Is of the the thorough belief that the watetr companies are exceeding the speed limit in the matter of rate boosting and feel confident that thl vourt of common pleas will restrain J he company from charging the rates nnounced and further regulate the f7jtice of water In this borough. The •JVater Talks" have been of no avail, ikat "we love you" gush only got, *wn the throats of a very few, and fortunately not one of those few aft members of council. The officfts of the water companies didn't eMect that their little talks would hie a soothing effect on the rlght,Mh wrath of the consumers, but did believe that advertising bills wftld effectually muzzle the presa. "JWe readers of The Spirit are aware 'what extent they have succeeded. In its fight against the water com- ktnies council needs the moral sup- Irt of the people of this borough. If ke taxpayers stampede every time Kmething breaks bad for the borfugh, future stands by council to uplold the right of the citizens may bo •ather scarce. FOB NEW TRIAL OF THE LONEY CASE Mrs. Vltella, awaiting the arrival of her husband, had laid down 011 ft bed with all her clothes but her shoes on. She was awakened about 12 o'clock by smoke. Sho hurried toward the front door and/found her path blocked by She finally managed to make her'way through to the back dooiyln safety. An alarm was given -ytd a number of residents of hurried to the scenefwithJackets. The Are had already great headway, however, and It was but a few minutes until It was a total ruin. The house owned and occupied by Frank Antonouch, adjoining, was only saved from destruction by hard work. The home of Vincenzo Vltella, was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning with all its contents and Mrs. Vitella narrowly escaped serious injury, perhaps death, In the Haines. "Of the choruses 'Blue Danube Waltz,' by Oscar Strauss, although a trifle light as musical critics would judge, won the heartiest applause, the audience apparently not caring much for the frills and furbelows of the high-browed compositions. Still some very difficult and heacy music was rendered, but with a spirit that made it possible to understand and it met with an eager response." There is every indication that the theater will be crowded tonight for the attraction. The advance sale amounts to nearly four hundred dollars and the window sale tonight should raise it to the six hundred mark. In that event the choral society will have succeeded in eradicating the debt incurred when the Pittsburg Festival orchestra appeared here two years ago under its auspices.of Musical Orgaiilyjilion Kvcliangc Speaks in Highest Terms Of the Mountain Asii Quartet which appears here tonight under the auspices of the Puuxsutawney Choral society, an exchange says: "What was undoubtedly the best choir of male voices that ever appeared in the Monongahela valley was heard at Coyle theater Monday in the Mountain Ash chorus of Wales. Only one choir could claim equal honors with the organization for real musical ability, it being the Llanelly Royal Welsh mixed choir which appeared here a year ago. A two part program was rendered, and from the opening strains of the "Star Spangled Banner," until the closing notes of "America" were sung the large audience was kept under a magical spell by the rich harmony. Choruses, duets, quartets, and solos composed the varied program. The magnificent range of the voices and the deeu resonant quality of each individual voice, under the superler leadership of Prof. Glyndwr Richards, combines to make exceptionally well done the rendition of all sorts of music. The technical parts were not overlooked and the enunciation was good. "The Commonwealth canno: dlspute that the act is constitutional, or that is precisely what it claim!?; ; nd, therefore, that part of judicial decision is not in question. "The Commonwealth cannot impeach the finding of (ho jury a ; to the substance contained in the baking: powder in question; neither can it. in our opinion, successfully contend that the substance found In the naking powder is 'alum' in the statutory j meaning of that word." Commenting 011 the above letter, Commissioner Foust said "I'pon advice of counsel rhe portion of the Dairy and Food Commissioner will be to accept the decision of Judge Smith as the definition of alum." "This act is constitutional so far as this defendant is concerned. "The statutory word 'alum' does not include 'sodium aluminium sulphate,' which the jury found was the substance in the baking powder in question. In a letter to Commissioner Foust, the attorneys for the Commonwealth. Lyman I). Gilbert, A. H. Woodward and E. E. Beidleman, affe>- quoting at length from Judge Smith's decision, say: A test case was brought by Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust soon after the enactment of the law, the defendant being Myer Gobs, of Harrisburg, who was charged wi»h soil ing baking powder containing a Idcd alum. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but Judge Smith st \ aside in an opinion in which he held that the act being a criminal :.:»iuie, it. must be strictly construed, and that the jury was not jnstile 1 in enlarging the meaning of th? word "alum" so as to include "other and distinct substances." liaking Powder May Contain Sodium Aluminium Sulphate I inler Murphy Act. HAKRISM'RG, March 7. —Upon advice of counsel, Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust has decided not to prosecute the appeal to the Superior Court from the decision of Judge Smith, of Clearfield County, to the effect that baking powder containing sodium aluminium sulphate may be freely sold in Pennsylvania without violating the Murphy pure food act of 1909, which prohibits the use of alum in food prod nets. H. Clay Campbell, Esq., attorney for Mrs. Ella T. Loney, yesterday presented his petltiaon for a new trial of the case of Mrs. Loney against the borough of Punxsuetwney. Judge Reed Informed William Gillespie, attorney for the borough that he would have until tomorrow morning to answer Mr. Campbell's petition for a new trial. The case in question has already cost the borough In the neighborhood of $300, although the jury brought in a verdict for the municipality. It is not believed that Judge Reed will grant the application for a new trial. DOBS THIS LOOK GOOD? TWO FOR FIVE Those who attended the festivities yesterday were: Mr. and Mrs. John Irvin, Rev. and Mrs. Horace McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. Willian Ellwood, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. George Burkett, Mrs. Susan Doncaster, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Andrew Ferry, MrB. Torrence, Mrs. Sara Gourley; Misses Emma Kelso, Lillian McNeily, Effle McNeily, Melle Garrettson, Anna Irvin; John B. Bair, Blair Ellwood, David McQuown. ! .lefWsnn County's Oldest Woman is v Hble and Hearty Though Near i y \ Century Mark Mrs. Barbara Elwood, the oldest j resident of Punxsutawney, and believed to be the oldest person now living in Jefferson county, yesterdday celebrated the ninety-fourth anniversary of her birth. A number of her close friends and relatives gathered at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary North, with whom the aged lady makes her home, to help celebrate the auspicious occasion and the asemblage partook of a dinner of appropriate sumptuousness.J "Thfimgh •htfiackfr-trot- six yuars of having reached the century mark, Mrs. Elwood retains all her faculties. Her mind is exceptionally clear and she walks about with a celerity that many people twenty years her junior fall short of. She has stored away in her remarkable memory many anecdotes of fbygone days and tells them In a manner that holdd the closest attention of her auditor or auditors. > 'Her life hjs almost paralleled that of this reptftllc. Many names that cover the pajges of l/nited States history and saeni alihost mythical to the presentgeneration, were as familar to Mfs. Rflwood as that of "Teddy" Roagejielt is to the people of today. Not only was yesterday the ninetyfour anniversary of Mrs. Ellwood's birth, but it likewise marked the seventy-second anniversary of her marriage. Mrs. Ellwood was born in Huntingdon County and came to this section with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burkett when but one year old. She has resided In this vicinity since that time. Her father was a miller by trade and for a number of years served in that capacity in the David Hoover Mill. IMC ctue II SESSION WASHINGTON, March 7.—Three batteries of troops with field art 11- ery, at Fort Meyer, Va., today were ordered to proceed immediately to the Mexican border of Texas. The war department Is preparing information regarding brodge crossings, roads, etc;., into Mexico. It is even rumored that United States troops may be sent across the border Secret military information received by the war department today caused Secretary Dickinson to order the mobilization of 20,000 troops on the Mexican border. The Eleventh cavalry from Oglethorpe, (3a.; the Seventeenth Infantry, of Port Mcpherson, Atlanta, (Ja.. are preparing to og at once. Orders have been isued for 15 regiments of infantry and four of cavalry, two batteries of field artillery and two of coast artillery together with four armorer cruisers, tha Washington, Tennessee, Montana and West Virginia are ordered to proceed with all haste to the Texas coast and co-operate with the troops. I The immediate reason of the | movement in believed that a raid by Mexican brigands is imminent. SALT LAKE CITY, March 7.—The fifteenth U. S. Infantry, stationed here, received rush orders to the Mexican border. It is also Intimated that troops may be moved into Mexico to protect the enormous American property Interests there. Indications are that revolutionary movements of huge proportions is brewing. flCUI01IIFHKLS SERMON BY HEV. EAKINS Rev. Eakins, of Punxsutawney, preached a very helpful sermon in the Presbyterian Church last evening on, "Behold 1 Stand at the Door and Knock." A large congregation was pleased with the sermon. Rev. Eakins will preach again this evening at 7:45 o'clock, the public being invited to attend the service.—Du- Bois Courier. NEW CASTLE. March 7.—A crowded trolley car jumped the track here this morning and crashed Into the front of a drug store. Twenty-flve were bruised and cut, five of whom are tn a critical condition.Editor Spirit: I have been, for some time, following the county home controversy by Elmer E. Beck, and would suggest that the county commissioners, to put an end to all future trouble, and have things at the home run "Just right," remove Mr. Smith and appoint in his stead Elmer E. Beck the inmates' champion. He would, in my opinion at least, be the right nan in the right place. The car was stopped, but the line became congested and a policeman Anally settled the matter by asking the woman to pay one fare for the two children. TRENTON, N. J., March 7. Seven cars on the Perry street division were held up yesterday and while a woman and a conductor engaged in an argument, over the age of the former's two children. She declared each was under five, but the taker of fares, sure of his Judgment at age guessing, thought they were older and insisted on a nickel per person. y. SURE. iMiss Martha Davis read an interesting paper "The Religion of the Future." "Will the Church of Today Survive" was the subject of a paper read by Mrs. B. M. Clark. Club discussion was opened by Mrs. W. ,R. Dinsmore. The Irving club met last night with Mrs. John \V. Brown on Church street. The second act of "As You Life It" was read and discussed with Miss Margaret Campbell as teacher. Roll call was answered with religious quotations. $ 12 0'» 477.5*1 4.5') 1.13 11.67 ) *)f> 4.70 ?>.•«> 9.60 10.4". 29 00 5,00 93.S** .50 ,i7.e<» j, 1.00 ; 30.00 * 3 6. i r> i 3.i<; 1 29.sr. l'.4« ' 1.05 I CwtlBUt on Page Two. Council was, in a manner, reorganized last night by the reelection of William Fairman to serve as president until December 1. and T. B. Mitchell as clerk to serve for the same length of time. The election of other officers was held over tintiI the next regular meeting. A resolution empowering members of council to discharge employes of the borough for drunkenness was put through and it was determined to flght the water company. hi the absence man Councilman to till the chair. )f President Fairowney was chosen The business of the evening was accomplished in the following order: reading of the mi: •us meeting, the, r ports of officers Were read. Secretary .Mitchell reported receipts from sewers and paving amounting to $(153.87. Hurgess Frfcas reported fines, licences and pevmUji In the sum of $$166.F»0. received through his office. Following the utes of the pre\ i Joseph Williams reported as borough treasurer, cash on -hand, $4690.97, light fund $859.61, water fund $501!.22, sinking fund, $12,- 384.74. The borough solicitor being absent, his report was read by Secretary Mitchell. The report dwelt at length 011 the reorganization of the new council, calling attention to.the fact that all council men whose terms would have expired today hold over until the first Monday of December, as do all borough offices, elected by the people and appointed by council. At this juncture, President Fairman appeared mid resumed his duties as president. The petition ot the Central Fire Company to admit Joseph Shaffer to meinbershiy was acted upon favorably.J. S. Gray, night watchman, upon request was granted a continuance of police power until December 1. A petition from the Congregational Church asking for exoneration from the payment of street and curb claims brought up the matter of similar claims and they were generously discussed by council members. A motion to lay petition on table and to postpone proceedings against churches for the time being, was carried.By motion it was decided to furnish Chief of Fire Department Jordan with a Summerville telephone, same to be paid for by bor nigh. A chief of the lire department Mr Jordan is entitled to salary which he does not receive and woukl not b cept. At a previous meeting council instructed the proper officers to sign agreement with Pennsylvania railroad company for construction of overhead bridge, after the document had been signed by railroad con panv officials. This agreement, signed br the railroad company, was returned | at the February meeting and submitted to the Finance Committee for perusal. It was brought up last night and generously discussed. President Fairman stated that he would n- t sign the agreement because he felt sure it meant future trouble for the borough and again the bridge is (figuratively speaking) in the air. The following bills were read and ordered paid: Levi McGregor Jeff. Elec.. H.. L. & P. Co. Snmmerville Tel. Co. J. G. Nolph & Co  W. M. Gillespie  Brown Hdw. Co  John F. .Jenkins  R. S. YanRensselaer . . . . Pnnx'v Cycle Co. People's Planing Mill . . Elias Wolfe  H. R. Martin  Street Work  Charles Allen  John Mr Andrew  I. S. Gray  T. B. Mitchell  P. O. Freas  Peffer & Son  Punx'y Fire Dep't  Punx'y Hdw. Co  J. U Mogle  .. li. GREENSBURG, Pa., March 7.— Francis Dlenrlo, aged 64, and his son, both miners, were killed this morning by a fast Pennsylvania itrain. The Ink In a fountain pen will not dry so rapidly when the pen Is Idle If,the holes In the cap are plugged to keep out the air. KBERHART'8 STORK NEWS Widow Jones clothing (or boys in the new spring styles now in. Tomorrow is the last clay to buy XXXX Best Patent Spring Wheat Flour at $1.35 per sack. Children's shoes in the new spring laati and leathers are ready for Inspection.—1.(By United Press.) ZION CITY, 111., March 7.—Ken- Kentucky "White Capping" methods are being used here to ilrlve out "Infidels" who ar#flghtu(g the strict teneta of Dowy / The first Ml thy threatening letters, believed to/coml from the Vollva factions r*eiyfd by a wealthy grocer charged sel)ing "unholy" pork and "ungodly" oysters. TUB WKATHER WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.— Rain or snow tonight. Warmer; unsettled tomorrow. Vslon of council. \ The legal yjfliase of the question Ik not dlsoAssed, but it Appeared to T L. the belief of esvery tfiember pres| ent that borough,'stands more than an qfren chauce 0/winning In its 1 light ashins these /reedy corporations. 7 / It ls/planned toAave Messrs. Corbett aid Brown jp'epare the lnjunc' tiion rate raise, imtnedlAely. legal proceedings will Be precisely the same as in the last ight bainreen the borough anl Abe A temporary ynjunctlon', a bill In equity and a perynftniSl ftJMWMtijr,'M all gdeSU'el' f for the municipality. ' jT' — - _ %  ■PHHH